When I know a new project, change, transition or move is coming down the pipeline, I tend to start getting ready for it early. I’m gearing up for a major shift career-wise, and this situation is no exception.

For many months now, I have been floating along between various paths on my journey as an artist – part time commercial illustrator, part time painter, part time writer, part time freelance graphic designer.  This has been fine, and I have been comfortable with the uncertainty of which one of these endeavors might emerge as a stronger passion.  A couple of months ago, I began to see painting and writing pull forward, and this week I have decided to dive into each of these pursuits head on.  I therefore spent today doing a few rather mundane tasks, mainly changing my email address and setting up a new online journal format.  I’m not sure exactly why I feel the need to get these done before I wrap up my current freelance projects and move into this new phase of my career.  Maybe just because they’ve been nagging at me for so long, having gotten rather settled into my to do list with their own couch and mini-fridge.  In any case, these are two tasks I am so happy are done.  They are helping me clean out some of the clutter in my brain.

My summer started off fabulous with a vacation to Hawaii and it does not look to be slowing down or becoming any less adventurous, exciting, scary or fulfilling anytime soon.  So much is going on and I can hardly believe my good fortune.  I will have much to write about.  Stay tuned.